ABC Family orders three new pilots

According to TV Guide, the network's president Michael Riley explained that the projects are being developed to add "depth" to the programming slate.

Former Sabrina The Teenage Witch producer Daniel Berendsen is currently working on Nine Lives, which is based on the novel The Nine Lives Of Chloe King. The show focuses on a girl who discovers that she has feline skills.

Elsewhere, Switched At Birth features two teenage girls from extremely different economic backgrounds who discover that they were accidentally swapped when they were born.

The third pilot in the works is Strut, which follows a showgirl called Roxy who marries a stranger after an unusual night and ends up coaching a drill team.

ABC Family's executive vice-president of original programming and development Kate Juergens said: "These pilots offer a great mix of heartfelt and compelling storytelling that our audience has come to expect from us."